Two Professors
Two Mad Professors
Pascal must be worth 10 times his reported fee by now.The fitting in part is why I want Leo back-just slot straight in.
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[Albion] In praise of our five key summer signings
- Thread starter Tiptoe through the NSC
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That's not what I inferred from your original comment.
Although as the team has so far only had one 'comfortable' lead, all season, I still think my point stands.
Mixing up the wingers and strikers (what a luxury that must be) is one thing, but swapping around any of the 4 D's, in any game, still seems very unlikely to me.
Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
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Great thread. Most people on this board know that I've never been a bedwetter, I'm far more of a club happy-clapper but even I was anxious about our chances at the end of August. I can't believe just how good the signings have all been and also how the rest of the team have made the step up to the PL.
Regards the new signings, Ryan and Gross are the two stand-outs by far and with the already present, hats off to Bruno, Bong, Stephens, Knockaert and Murray who have all exceeded expectations.
I have mentioned before that if we can keep a mid-table position going into the January transfer window, then not signing a striker in the summer could be a real blessing in disguise because we would be a much more attractive proposition for any strikers rather than relegation certainties that the outside world all had us.
Regards the new signings, Ryan and Gross are the two stand-outs by far and with the already present, hats off to Bruno, Bong, Stephens, Knockaert and Murray who have all exceeded expectations.
I have mentioned before that if we can keep a mid-table position going into the January transfer window, then not signing a striker in the summer could be a real blessing in disguise because we would be a much more attractive proposition for any strikers rather than relegation certainties that the outside world all had us.
Stumpy Tim
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You wrote:
Seems you're back-tracking a little there.
Frankly I'm 99% sure he wouldn't have played against Man City for starters as he had only just joined, and Hughton often talks about players being ready for the way we play. Kayal and Sidwell are very different players to Propper, and they would have surely had game time at his expense in certain away games - and probably games like Everton and Newcastle where we were battling to stay ahead
Fair enough, I can understand your point of view, now you have clarified it further but in the end we disagree.
The Large One
Who's Next?
Agree with the OP with one small exception.
I still think the criticism of Ryan for Dunk's own goal is harsh; a bullet header from four yards away. Any criticism that he was standing in the wrong place is, for me, totally unfounded.
I still think the criticism of Ryan for Dunk's own goal is harsh; a bullet header from four yards away. Any criticism that he was standing in the wrong place is, for me, totally unfounded.
Dolph Ins
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There are only 3 teams-excluding the obvious- who have scored more than us so maybe, heresy I know, if PW hasn't lined up the prolific striker no one has heard of to sign in January we keep our money and wait for the summer window to splash our-well Tony's-money. I know it's early but I am feeling reasonably confident about this season now.
maffew
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me too it's just fitness and injuries that are a concern potentially up front for me
ewe2
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Employing the right person for the job,in any business is just so important.!!
Tiptoe through the NSC
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Just to be clear on the opening remarks, my concern was that we had four new players making their PL debut against Citeh of all teams, not that they were likely to be abject failures in the long term.
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Sidwell could have course come on to form a 5 Man midfield. [emoji2]
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Machiavelli
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I'm broadly with you on all this but a couple of minor quibbles:
-- Propper is increasingly looking like a leading candidate, although Pascal continues to get in the way of that
-- not entirely convinced about Knockaert at this level and, unfortunately, increasingly less so of Bruno. March and, without a doubt, Dunk need to be included in your list of exceeding expectations.